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Inounthe ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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i-variant of y-.
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i.
i.abbreviationimperator.
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-i-the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.
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I.abbreviationIndependent.
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-isuffixof or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East
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1 AmericanMathematics.
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Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .
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a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.
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[ahy]
/ aɪ /
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Is,
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the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.
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something having the shape of an I.
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a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.
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[ahy]
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pronoun
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we,
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me,
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us,
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my,
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mine,
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our,
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(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
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Metaphysics. the ego.
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Symbol.
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the ninth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.
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Chemistry. iodine.
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Biochemistry. isoleucine.
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Electricity. current.
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Logic. particular affirmative.
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(italics) isotopic spin.
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imperator.
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incisor.
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interest.
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intransitive.
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island.
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isle; isles.
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Independent.
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Island; Islands.
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Isle; Isles.
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symbol
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chem iodine
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physics current
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physics isospin
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logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1
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one See Roman numerals
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International
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Island or Isle
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the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
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any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
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something shaped like an I
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an I-beam
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to pay meticulous attention to detail
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Idioms
Grammar
See me.
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Etymology
Origin of I
First recorded before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i, Old English ic, ih; cognate with Gothic ik, German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, Old Church Slavonic azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám
Example Sentences
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The i says this ISA would pay a bonus when a buyer purchases their first property and that it could be unveiled at the upcoming Budget.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The deal would mark Couche-Tard’s largest-ever acquisition after it abandoned a $47 billion takeover attempt of Seven & i, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
David Zwirner presents Roy DeCarava’s “the sound i saw,” bringing together photographs taken in the late 1940s and 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The i Paper also leads on the "huge legal bill" for the prince and other celebrities including Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Standing up, i threw my rabbit bones in the fire and wiped the grease off on my pant legs.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
Asked if there was ever a point last season when he regretted the move, Isak replied: "No, never. I would never think like that."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I want to score every game. Everyone is different. Some like to set targets and some don't. I'm the one that doesn't."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I am a trader by profession and when I see that the shares have increased in price I will sell," he noted.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I was devastated," recalled Rachelle, who is not considering returning to Haiti due to the unstable security situation there.
From Barron's
“I’m a Samuels. I can claim land for our family.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Yet that doesn't make its turnaround solely the work of one heavily stubbled mastermind, who saved a company through his singular vision, taste and liberal use of the i- prefix.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011
But it wasn't until Cipla came out with the i- pill in 2007, marketing it to modern young women through television and magazine advertising, that women took to it.
From Time ● May 26, 2010
Letters and proclamations were at the same time dispersed by Ashton, in-212--vol i- which the name of Elizabeth was employed without scruple.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
Intelligence however had no-175--vol i- sooner reached the court of the reception afforded to the princess at Ricot, than directions arrived for her immediate removal to Woodstock.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
By a change he had every thing to lose, and nothing to-129--vol i- gain.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
And a lot of people, not just the Gilbreths, were very worried that the “best women” i. e. highly educated women were not reproducing.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
For each of the following functions, determine the i. domain and ii. range.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Within minutes, I got my answer: “@sethporges yes. my girlfriend cathy and i. and i used to do puppet shows.”
From Forbes ● Jun. 26, 2012
That Pompadour drew thirty-six millions of francs from the "royal treasury," i. e., from the earnings of the frugal and laborious French people, could easily have been borne.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
It may be a connecting sound, like the -i- in nacht-i-gale.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The concord of the 4th prefix, Mi-, is gi-, -i-, -ji-, and sometimes -mi-.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
There is a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a piano prodigy in France during World War I. The final story concerns the marriage between a Dutch clockmaker and a theoretical physicist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I’ve been a huge Robyn fan for most of my life — she’s kind of a north star for my sisters and I. It’s no secret that we love sad dance songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Born in Oregon to Taiwanese immigrants, Wang is herself a beneficiary of the doctrine she defended during the historic oral argument—as am I. Following the argument, interest in her background exploded.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
“He had some things to apologize for...so did I. We have a wall between us that’s built over time—from before I was your age.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Then, when you get to the step where you’re actually running the check-backup command, add -i ~/Downloads/pegasus.stix2 into the option section.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2021
Singular masculine words end in -us, plurals end in -i.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010
I, except that some of them have imperatives in -i: vaki, þęfi; uni. lifa, sęgja have imper. lif, sęg.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet
Flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
I E -i formed abstracts and nouns of agency; I E ar go; Min ari, way, track, trail.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson
The medieval Cloth Hall and St. Martin’s Church were two of the most prominent monuments in Ypres, Belgium, and among World War I’s early casualties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The company taking the top spot on Gauntlet I’s leaderboard External link was Skycutter, a British startup that partnered with Ukrainian drone company SkyFall.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
"I's a very different offering up there. You've still got beaches, but then you've got greenery and mountains and wildlife."
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
“I don’t carry beef with people. And I’m not going to get into the history of Doc and I’s relationship right now. And I probably won’t ever. He’s fine in my book.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
If I’s to worry ’bout bones choking me, it’d happen every time I et fish.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Appeared in the September 17, 2026, print edition as 'Kevin Warsh Is an Inflation Hawk'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is it a good time to take out a HELOC?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is it control of self-replicating armies of autonomous drones, or a cancer-free utopia that hits Type II on the Kardashev scale?
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Is your ability to look after yourself changing? Are you able to decompress from work? Is your sleep OK?"
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Do you mind if I ask what happened? Is it something you were born with, or —” I continue and then stop myself.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
In one of our final negotiation sessions, when we’re supposed to be dotting i’s and crossing t’s, he worries aloud about how these two vastly different companies are going to mesh their different cultures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"If I'm making a decision that is highly likely to be in legal challenge, I want to make sure I've dotted my i's and crossed my t's," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
“I know sometimes people feel like, why hasn’t there been more information? But again, just trying to make sure we have i’s dotted and t’s crossed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
It is the fourth time Long Mead Local Wildlife Site, at Swinford in Oxfordshire, has been flooded because of a mains failure.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
A right of way has now been established, while the council has been ordered by the courts to pay £50,000 costs and to ensure her access is not impeded again.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At least that is what the social media memes would have you believe as investor fever hits the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Police said they believe she then boarded a bus to nearby Altrincham at about 13:50 BST, but it is not known where she got off.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Soon enough, she is propped in bed with pillows and a breakfast tray with hot coffee, warm toast, and grapefruit.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"At my age you don't know how many years you have left, and this has given me three years-plus of stress but now we have proven they blocked our rights."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“With short positioning stretched and Fed pricing aggressive, we expect the 10Y Treasury yield to consolidate in a 4.90-5.10% range for now.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"He asks me to be part of the defending but to defend in positions where, when we win the ball, we can counter quickly and get the ball forward to the offensive line," said Isak.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"And we will continue to uphold it going forward."
From Barron's
With the crop in, we work building a cabin.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"He said 'score goals', but he wants me to defend. The way we defend - we defend to score goals so defending, in the end, is an attacking weapon."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I didn't realise how many ladies lived so near me that had been affected," says Lynn.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Before I started working, Murano to me, was one door: my grandfather’s factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The thought keeps me forever joyous and young in heart,” she writes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Families with incomes coming into the household are still not able pay for food and things like that, so we're seeing a lot families coming to us and asking for help."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The school won’t allow us to practice until Wednesday and we’ll still be day-to-day after that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Government wants us all to start preparing for severe disruption to our lives.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The thing is, not all Black girls want to be magic; some of us just want to be.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“La Opinión helped families like mine stay informed about what was happening in our communities and gave Spanish-speaking Angelenos a voice,” she said in a written statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," Sheeran wrote in a lengthy Instagram post, adding that the rapper's contract was ended by the promoter, Messina Touring Group.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," he wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
On April 19, it struck a British mine and sank.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
She’s crouched in front of me now, her face inches from mine.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
She added: "I knew this would probably be my last chance, because there were other girls in Britain trying to do it."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I’ve met thousands of people over my 50 years in politics and LeRoy stands tall among them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I am intentional about making sure I’m eating enough and getting my protein.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Over the last couple of months my whole TikTok and Instagram is just people learning to drive. It's like my algorithm knows, it's quite scary," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
And now that I’m here in this basement, with Grace in my hands, everything is better.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"It will be a chance to celebrate every individual who has helped create and shape this beloved theatre as we look to our future."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mark Bernstein, then-board chair, said at the time it would be tantamount to “selling our soul to private capital.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"At my age you don't know how many years you have left, and this has given me three years-plus of stress but now we have proven they blocked our rights."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“No family should have to suffer the loss of a child, and our thoughts continue to be with the Normandin-Parker family,” an Uber spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Perhaps you will be our fairy godmother,” she says.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"I don't think it's dawned on us it's really ours," says Conroy, a video editor.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
They’re surprisingly warm inside, and ours made a cozy setting for pork belly skewers, crab puffs and smoked cocktails.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
At Camp Golden Eagle, in Woodruff, Wis., all the usual activities were ours: baseball, archery, canoeing, swimming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s offensive because cases like ours could have been settled for significantly less than what the verdict is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
“He’s an old patient of ours come to visit. All recovered now.”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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